Tail Light Stretching - Lambo Lounge

Rear - Tail Light - Grinding and Stretching

A real Lamborghini This is the end result that I want to achieve - this is a rear Lamborghini's tail lights

photo by Hector

photo by Tony

Fletch

You will see that the CRP tail light bucket / bezel makes the factory tail lights prodroud out about 1/2"

This is the "before" photo showing the tail light bezel without being stretched

This is the "after" photo showing the end results of stretching the bezel 1/2". The lights are now flush with the bezel.


This is the bezel as it came with the kit, shows the rough edges as it came out of the mold	The tail light was trimed up to fit the body

Stretching Process


Cut the cone in half illustrated in this photo is the dashed line as the cutting line. I marked an "X" on one and an "O" on the other, to help me with placement.	You need to raise the centerpiece up a half-inch above the cut, to gain these results I placed a roll of electrical tape on top of a can of paint inside of the bezel and placed the top cut on top. OK this is not the most technical method of measurement, but it works.


This photo illustrates my ½" gap all around, I did have to shim a few outside corners, again grabbing what ever worked.	The next step is to cut the material woven fiberglass cloth, you will need two strips 9" & 10" by 2".


I then dip and soak the cloth in the resin and laid it on the outside of the bezel mold.	Let it sit and dry. My only suggestion is to check the alignment of your "X" and also check the top to view and check the circular circumference (this is why I only do one side at a time).

When it dries, you have completed the outside, now it is time for the inside.

Filling the inside gap - I cut out about 15 half-inch wide strips of fiberglass material and apply them to the inside of the cone with resin. You can also see that I grinded down the gel coating inside the light bezel. I could not get the taillight to go inside the cup, so I used a Dermal tool to grind down about 1/8" of material.


To get the light to fit into the bezal I had to grind out the inside wall	Here is the completed light after stretching

Andrew Williams

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